All Features articles – Page 518
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FeaturesPlanes, brains and panels of steel
Those clever architects at Feilden Clegg Bradley didn't take the easy route to their RAF museum pavilion in Hendon. Alex Smith divebombs on the challenges of cladding a semicircular roof in stainless steel and lining it with tensile fabric
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FeaturesWhen the battle's lost and won
For weeks, clan McAlpine has been locked in a High Court battle over possession of the family name. Last Wednesday the drama reached its denouement. We report on what happened
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FeaturesBe afraid (but not very afraid)
The scarily tough and complex demands of the new Part L have left many contractors confused and anxious. But difficulties enforcing the energy-efficiency regulation suggest that its bark may be a lot worse than its bite.
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FeaturesAce venturer
Four months in and Nelson Ogunshakin, the Association of Consulting Engineers' new chief executive, is steering his ship into unchartered waters. He tells Kate Allen why his plans simply can't fail.
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FeaturesToxic shock
A teeny little EU landfill directive that the government has overlooked now threatens to blow up in its face – and even destroy its vision of brownfield regeneration.
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Housebuilders set to join the superleague
The housebuilding industry may start winning hearts and minds in the City if the largest players can break into the FTSE 100 – and one or two are almost there
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FeaturesFast track
Why the Bahrain F1 project team could teach Michael Schumacher a thing or two about acceleration
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FeaturesEconomies of space
We look at how MacCormac Jamieson Prichard took a tiny patch of land squished between buildings at the London School of Economics and turned it into an Italian-style piazza that is now the heart of the campus.
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My take … on the cost consultant's new name
My take on the rebranding of my company as Davis Langdon, with Everest falling away, is that it is a significant decision in advancing and strengthening the firm's image at home and abroad.
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FeaturesKeith Clarke
We meet the man with one of the truly epic jobs in British construction: taking over Britain's biggest consultant, redefining its strategy and making it work. Here he talks to us about how he plans to tackle this mammoth task – with detours around plastic lunchboxes and leather underpants.
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FeaturesRoll up the beige carpet
It's a fact that all office workers hate their offices. But what if the workspace changes beyond recognition? What if wireless devices replace phones and cafes replace desks? Well for one thing, we'd find it harder to moan about our jobs
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FeaturesPower shift
Remember the rancid system-built slums they put up across the country, from East Kilbride to south Acton? And the people who dressed their children in damp clothes every morning while they waited for the government or the council to get them out? Well this last extract from CABE/RIBA's Housing 2024 ...
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Local lowdown
With increased public spending in the North-east, demand for housing professionals is high. Robert Smith of Hays Montrose looks at what's on offer
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Just what we wanted
Graham Watts, chief executive of the Construction Industry Council, explains why he lobbied for CIPER and why it has a vital role to play